Emma Thompson : (5)

" I have had lots of friends who’ve been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. " - Emma Thompson

" I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I’m trying to communicate with people here and in America – in rich countries – about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas. " - Emma Thompson

" If you don’t want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide them with shelter and their basic human rights. " - Emma Thompson

" There is that thing about not working with animals and children – I don’t think that’s true. Although you should never work with donkeys. " - Emma Thompson

" And it’s absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating – and the levels of the communication that I’ve seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why don’t we have that here? " - Emma Thompson